SIMI's 'success' is a result of our secular polity

http://in.rediff.com/news/2008/sep/17guest.htm

The Students Islamic Movement of India, Wikipedia informs us, was formed in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh [Images], in April 1977. The stated mission of SIMI [Images] -- the 'liberation of India' from Western materialistic cultural influence and to convert it into an Islamic society -- makes it an enemy of the State of India. ...

...It is time that we need to wage a war, both against such terrorists and those who are apologists for such terrorists. In the interregnum, of course, politicians from the safe haven of Z-plus category security can continue to pontificate. Whether we will be alive to hear them is a different matter.
The author is a Chennai-based chartered accountant. He can be contacted at mrv1000@rediffmail.com